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Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor 4 by Jessica Townsend

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Title: Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor 4 Author: Jessica Townsend Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Lothian/Hachette Published: 30th April 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 663 Price: $18.99Synopsis: The highly anticipated fourth book in the award-winning Nevermoor series from one of Australia's best-selling and most loved authors.In the magical city of Nevermoor, long-buried secrets are coming to… Continue reading Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor 4 by Jessica Townsend

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Win, Lose, Kill, Die by Cynthia Murphy

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Title: Win, Lose, Kill, Die Author: Cynthia Murphy Genre: Thriller Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st March 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Everyone wants to be head girl ... until the murders begin. The students at Morton Academy are high achievers, selected based on academic excellence. So, when a series of murders target… Continue reading Win, Lose, Kill, Die by Cynthia Murphy

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Panic by Catherine Jinks

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Title: Panic Author: Catherine Jinks Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Text Published: 7th January 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: BRONTE NEEDS A PLACE TO LIE LOW. She posted a drunken rant that went horrifically viral. Now – jobless, friendless and broke – she’s forced to volunteer as a carer on an isolated rural property.… Continue reading Panic by Catherine Jinks

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The Book Club and Other Stories by Natalie Conyer

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Title: The Book Club and Other Stories Author: Natalie Conyer Genre: Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 202 Price:  $32.95 Synopsis: A group of librarians open an S&M club. A Victorian maid disrupts a séance. An older woman stands up for herself. A jewel thief uncovers a love story.… Continue reading The Book Club and Other Stories by Natalie Conyer

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Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak

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Title: Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret Author: Amy Doak Genre: Crime Publisher: Penguin Published: 2nd July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Eleanor Jones stirs up more mystery and danger in this fast-paced YA mystery. Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal –… Continue reading Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak

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High Wire by Candice Fox

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Title: High Wire Author: Candice Fox Genre: Crime Thriller Publisher: Penguin Australia Published: 24th September 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 480 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: You only take the High Wire if you’re desperate – or up to no good. A notorious unmarked track through outback Australia, the ‘Wire’ crosses slabs of lawless land, body-dumping grounds and… Continue reading High Wire by Candice Fox

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August 2024 Reading Round Up

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We’re over halfway through the year now, and I have met my overall reading goal, but still have a few challenge prompts to tick off across the board. I have books planned for these prompts and will hopefully get to them all by the end of the year. My reading has gone down a bit… Continue reading August 2024 Reading Round Up

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What’s Murder Between Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness

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Title: What’s Murder Between Friends Author: Meg Gatland-Veness Genre: Crime Publisher: Pantera Press Published: 4th June 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: ‘I think it was one of us,’ Walter says … ‘We had the perfect opportunity. Everyone’s thinking it, I’m just saying it.’ The last thing Hallie and her drama classmates expect… Continue reading What’s Murder Between Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness

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May 2024 Reading Round Up

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During May, I read 22 books, and reviewed about half of them, with some reviews in the way. I spent a lot of time trying to get on top of review books, and made some good progress – to date, the only review books I have left are back catalogue ones, giving a bit of… Continue reading May 2024 Reading Round Up

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Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie

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Title: Tipping Point Author: Dinuka McKenzie Genre: Crime Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 31st January 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A suicide. A shooting. And a reckoning, decades in the making. The must-read new Detective Kate Miles novel from 'a born storyteller' (Michael Robotham). Weeks from Christmas in the sweltering heat of summer, Detective… Continue reading Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie